The Welsh anthem is wonderful - the Welsh are famed as singers anyway, and it's a joy hearing them belt it out.
One of the best anthems in one of the best scenes followed by one of the best deadpan jokes In one of the best movies.
Unironically, the Soviet Union. I've herd that anthem a thousand times as a joke, but you know, it kinda slaps.
Obviously I'm just talking about the arrangement and music because I've no idea what the lyrics mean.
The first version of lyrics was written after WWII and changed twice already. First to remove references to Stalin and then again to remove references to Soviet Union. All 3 versions were written by the same guy.
I'm sure the lyrics are sane and not at all unhinged
It is used as the Russian anthem too, which is currently unfortunate because it's amazing.
The tune but not the lyrics, which honestly suck.
Fuck all the war songs, Slovenia's anthem is a drinking song called The Toast if I remember correctly.
The full song is 8 verses long and all of them are in the shape of a wine cup, and the seventh verse is our national anthem. The entire song mainly talks about drinking which mostly sums up Slovenia :D
And our anthem sings about peace among all nations not just ours which is rare I would say.
Exactly. But only the part where it talks about peace anong nations is the official anthem
Which Mario game is this from?
France fucks, any anthem about glorious dead and cunting monarchs in to the sun is immediately S tier.
Sincerely, F tier UK.
I've always liked Canada
It was very welcome at the CNE following the mass booing during the US anthem lmao
I'm a huge fan of O Canada. Always enjoyed catching hockey games where one of the Canadian teams came down and so I'd get to hear it. Also enjoyed seeing games up in Montreal and getting the Francophonian version.
The French lyrics are different too, not sure how many people outside of Canada even know that, sports fans aside! In Alberta schools since the 80's they've sung the middle part of the song in French even if the kids have no idea what they're saying 😅, here's English translation:
O Canada! Land of our ancestors,
Thy brow is wreathed with glorious flowers.
For thy arm knows how to carry the sword,
It knows how to carry the cross!
Thy history is an epic
Of the most brilliant exploits.
And thy valour, steeped in faith,
Will protect our homes and our rights.
Will protect our homes and our rights.
Unfortunately very Christian.
Land of our ancestors
Wow that’s disgusting to include in the anthem considering the genocide of indigenous peoples that Canada is founded on and continues to perpetuate.
That is just a piece. The original French is much worse and explicitly racist.
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The Soviet Union
It was so good Russia couldn't invent any better and took the same music and a few lines
Ukraine's national anthem is definitely up there. Part of the reason is that it's writen by an actual songwriter instead of a poet, unlike the anthems of most western nations
Brazil has a very complicated, beautiful and long national anthem. Its great and all but using such difficult words and being so long means most people here don't know the full song much less understand its meaning.
Funnily enough, I memorized and can sing the italian hymn because of my middle school, but can't sing the full national anthem from my own country
Not Australia. I can assure you
The problem is they are always singing it to the wrong tune
What's the matter babe, don't you feel young and free?
Whaat? Men at Work is such a good band, though.
It's not the best by a very big margin. But whenever I get up wasted after a night of partying and have a look at the mirror, I hear the anthem of long gone eastern Germany.
Auferstanden aus Ruinen Und der Zukunft zugewandt...
Risen from ruins And turned toward the future...
Unironically a better song that yhe current German anthem.
The lyrics are so much more hopefull than I expected
It was a dictatorship, nice anthem or not.
France no question
France and the Netherlands have war songs for their national anthems that are pretty good.
I don't know about France, but the Dutch anthem is not only a war song, it actually makes a lot of fun of Spain. As that was the enemy in the war the song is about. Which is always lots of fun during soccer matches against spain
The reply in the Spanish anthem ir pretty scathing, though.
To the king of Spain I've granted A lifelong loyalty.
That sure is some astringent piss taking there, I'm sure the Spanish are incandescent.
Yeah that line meant ironically. The geuzen sang it while slaughtering Spanish troops
Mexico, hands down. If you grew up in San Diego and listens to cool radio, you heard this twice a day and it slaps!
Fucking 91X. I spent a lot of time wondering why it do be like that. I listen to a lot of Internet radio.
The Italian anthem sung at the top of their lungs by the entire Ferrari crew after a win at Monza.
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